Construction progress was completed ahead of schedule during the epidemic, Qatar World Cup venues have been completed one after another

　　Infantino: "Platform" for the World Cup venue

　　Late on October 6, local time, FIFA President Infantino showed off his skills in a 7-a-side football match in the Doha Bay (Albert) Stadium in Qatar.

And this stadium, which can accommodate 60,000 spectators and resembles a traditional Arab tent, is the venue for the opening ceremony and opening match of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.

Infantino gave a series of beautiful words to the workers of this new stadium and the Qatar World Cup Organizing Committee.

　　Infantino is the “platform” of the Qatar World Cup venue. It also adds confidence to the AFC to implement the AFC East Asian region competition and the Qatar World Cup Finals in the Asian region. The Qatar World Cup venues have been completed one after another. It has created high-quality "ready-to-use" conditions for various AFC-sponsored events, including the top 40 matches.

　　FIFA president wearing jersey

　　Participate in a 7-a-side ball game to experience the arena

　　In the early morning of October 8th, Beijing time, FIFA and AFC both introduced Infantino's visit to Qatar in a prominent position on their official websites.

On October 6th, local time, Infantino went to the Gulf Stadium to visit, and this itinerary was part of his work in preparation for the 2022 World Cup.

Infantino said, "The preparations for the World Cup in Qatar are impressive." During the inspection activities that day, Infantino also wore a jersey to participate in a 7-a-side football match and experienced the opening of the World Cup. The pleasure of playing football.

After the game, Infantino couldn't help but exclaimed, "It is an absolute privilege to play in this amazing stadium. On November 21, 2022, we will unveil the greatest FIFA World Cup here. Prologue."

　　In the evaluation process, Infantino continued to praise the grand construction of the Gulf Stadium.

He said, "The Gulf Stadium is incredible. This is a real football stadium that combines football and local culture. The shape of its tent is unique in the world, and the Arabic pattern on the top is also beautiful, so beautiful that it makes me speechless. ."

　　Currently, among the 8 Qatar World Cup venues, the Khalifa International Stadium, Janub Stadium and Education City Stadium have all been put into use; the other 3 stadiums-Gulf Stadium, Rayyang Stadium and Atumama Stadium are in the final stage of construction stage.

All 8 stadiums will be completed before the start of the game.

　　Infantino said: "I am very satisfied with Qatar's progress in completing the construction ahead of schedule. Although I have seen the plan before, I am still shocked when I came to the scene. In the past six months, the world football has suspended many activities, but the Qatar World Cup group The work of the committee is still going on-both infrastructure and other important developments are outstanding."

　　FIFA is the same as AFC

　　Believe in Qatar's ability to host

　　It is worth noting that Infantino's trip to Doha coincides with the success of this season's AFC West Asia region matches.

Four local stadiums including three Qatar World Cup venues respectively undertook the regional group matches and the knockout rounds before the final.

The success of the game is largely due to the high-quality venue hardware conditions provided by Qatar and the local organizing committee of the 2022 World Cup and the meticulous service, reception, management, and security of the game.

Earlier this week, there was news from the AFC that it would take advantage of the "East Wind from the smooth hosting of the West Asia region" to plan to continue the AFC East Asia region in Doha.

Infantino’s “platform” for the Qatar World Cup venue this time actually conveyed a meaning, that is, FIFA, like the AFC, believes in Qatar’s ability to host large-scale international football matches.

Due to the epidemic, the two major international football organizations even hope that Qatar can help as much as possible in organizing matches during special difficult times.

　　It is reported that prior to this, foreign media have analyzed that it has been confirmed that the Qatar World Preliminary Top 40 in Asia, which will be postponed to next year, is affected by the epidemic and is gradually approaching a "centralized tournament system."

The successful adoption of the tournament system for AFC West Asia events will also add to the AFC's confidence in the preparations for other events.

Unlike the AFC Champions League, the organizer of the World Preliminaries is not the AFC, but FIFA. Therefore, only when FIFA "nods", then such plans can be operative.

Infantino's statement can dispel the doubts of relevant parties.

　　China fights for tickets to the top 12

　　It is a good choice to go to Doha to compete with the same group

　　It is also understood that before and after the AFC West Asia competition, some AFC member associations have verbally proposed to the AFC to host the second half of the top 40 match of the team where the team belongs.

And if some groups of matches are restricted by personnel entry and exit management and international travel conditions and cannot be played in the member association (region) of the team of this group, then the AFC is also expected to seek Qatar and the 2022 World Cup Organizing Committee again For help, we will try to arrange part of the competition in Doha.

As a matter of fact, despite the huge human, material and financial resources required to host the tournament, as the host of the 2022 World Cup, Qatar has shown a positive attitude in hosting the AFC matches. In order to run the World Cup well, they are naturally willing to pay more emotionally. , And the tournament organizing committee objectively needs to pass a series of high-quality "test matches" to test the fine details of the World Cup preparations.

　　For the Chinese team, which is also working hard to get tickets to the top 12 games, it is of course the first choice to "maintain" 3 home conditions in the second half of the top 40 games, but if it is not possible due to force majeure, then maybe It is also a relatively reasonable choice to compete with opponents of the same group in the Doha World Cup venue.

It is understood that next FIFA will communicate with the AFC and related member associations on the arrangements for the Qatar World Cup Asian competition.

　　Text/Reporter Xiao Geng Coordinating/Du Rui

　　Photo courtesy/Visual China